Watch-dial



(ModeL) D. A. A. BUCK. Watch Dial.

No., 234,237. Patented Nov 9,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

D. AZRO A. BUCK, OF VVATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT.

WATCH-DIAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,237, dated November 9, 1880.

(Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, D. AZRO A. BUCK, of \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vatch- Dials; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specifi- IO cation, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a watch having my improved dial, and Fig.2 is a plan view of the same with the bezel removed.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like [5 parts in each of the figures.

In watches heretofore constructed the regulator has been placed upon the rear plate of the movement, in order that it might be accessible with out removal of the dial but some advantages are secured by placing the regtr lator upon the front plate, and to render the same practicable is the design of my invention, which consists in a watch-dial made open outside of the figures, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the center, B the back, and C the bezel, of a watch-case, within which is placed a movement, D, that is pivoted at and rotates around 0 the axial center of said case.

Above the movement D is placed a dial, E, the central portion of which is composed of a figured section, while around the same, be-

tween the figuresand the outer edge, said dial is made open, as shown, its central and outer portions being connected by arms 0.

The radial dimensions of the openings 0' are such as to cause the outer portion of the regulator d of the movement D to be exposed and easily accessible for the purpose of adjustmentan operation which could not otherwise be performed without removal of the dial.

The diameter of the glass opening of the bezel C is caused to correspond to the diameter of the figure-section of the dial E, or is reduced by suitable means to such dimensions, so that when said bezel is in place all of said dial outside of said central section is covered, as shown in Fig. l.

The construction described is simple and inexpensive, and in all respects fulfills the purpose intended.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new is- A watchdial made open outside of the figures, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March, 1880.

D. AZRC A. BUCK.

Witnesses:

JAS. E. HUTGHINSON, HENRY (J. HAZARD. 

